Drawing on first‑hand experience from one of the world’s most fragile contexts, Paul Kinuthia, Senior Director, Food, Cash & Markets, Disaster Management, argues that repeatedly cutting food, health and protection services traps communities in endless crisis. He makes the case that narrowing aid to short‑term survival is a false economy that drives higher costs, deeper instability and repeated emergencies. The solution, the author provides, is urgent investment in resilience alongside life‑saving aid. This investment should be seen as a credible way to protect children and reduce the need over time.

Fatim and her entire family fled the armed violence in Torou, within the Bankass circle. Now settled in Koro with her six children, four boys and two girls. She must adapt to the pace of city life. In Koro, she pounds millet, does laundry, and sells gravel to provide for her family. Her 65-year-old husband suffers from high blood pressure and is in another city for medical treatment. Her eldest son is currently at an artisanal gold mining site.

In Zambezia Province, rising malaria cases threaten families like Samuel and Carolina’s, with over 311,000 cases recorded in Mocuba District in 2025 alone. Through a Global Fund–supported insecticide-treated nets campaign, led by World Vision and partners, millions of mosquito nets are being distributed across Mozambique, protecting children, supporting pregnant women, and giving families renewed hope for a healthier future.

In August 2025, World Vision, in close partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), delivered a three‑week Emergency Delivery Training programme, equipping 121 nurses, doctors, and midwives with the skills needed to respond to maternal and newborn emergencies.

Female‑headed households and elderly caregivers hit hardest by the floods find relief as food assistance finally reaches accommodation centres in central Mozambique.

The night is long and sleepless for Nana Cissé. At 57, every hour that passes in the dark is a reminder of her anxieties. Since her husband, her rock, was taken by illness eight months ago, she is the only bulwark between her children and the abyss of poverty. Her thoughts are a constant loop: how will she feed them tomorrow?

World Vision is influencing the adoption and implementation of policies relating to FGM in Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Sudan. The policy brief highlights strategic policy recommendations targeting national governments, regional institutions donors faith and community leaders.

Meet Nana, 57, in Mali, whose daily work cleaning a health center helps her support her children and keep hope for their future